DWC water TEMP issues - DAY 6 SUGGESTIONS- photo incl. HELP !

MaloMAL said:

Thank you I will look into the costs. Any suggestions for a 6x3gallon ~ 2.75 gallon filled ?

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Take a 5 gallon bucket of water and add 5 grams of pool shock to it, stir and then put 21ml in your res every 3 days per 5 gal. make sure its has calcium hypochlorite in it. pool shock cost me 3 dollars and i havnt even used half the bag in the last 2 years

Steve Man said:

Take a 5 gallon bucket of water and add 5 grams of pool shock to it, stir and then put 21ml in your res every 3 days per 5 gal. make sure its has calcium hypochlorite in it. pool shock cost me 3 dollars and i havnt even used half the bag in the last 2 years

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that seems sound
ive never done it and I don't know exactly what % calcium hypo. is in your formula
but I would consider it if I required the use of a sterilizer

Mr.5280 said:

Or you can always do what I did and make your system out of coolers!

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I seen a diy cooler on line somewhere one time

guy ran 1/2" tubing and packed it in a mini refridgerator or maybe it was a chest style freezer

ran water thru the tubes while inside the refrigerator ... the longer the water was inside the fridge the cooler it got so he tried to get as many feet of tubing in the fridge as he could and maybe use a slow moving pump

but im not sure how efficient it is or how well it worked

Budley Doright said:

With water temps at 77 your fighting a losing battle IMO. I chill my water using a passive chiller and until I did that I was growing weed but it was subpar and not reaching its full potential. I've tried every additive including shock and my best success was and is hydroguard but I'm sure there are cheaper alternatives. I did use hydrogen peroxide but it's getting hard to find here at 35%, bleach is hard to regulate to the point it is useful and I got rot using EWC tea. Best advice would be chiller and top feed sparingly until roots are established. Also I wonder if your adding enough air if things dried out, popping bubbles should keep things moist.

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Yes I am fighting temps at this range. I have been rereading my journal and I found that when I initially filled the res last Monday the water was temped at 85.6. Which is why I think highly believe at this point that if i change the water with colder water I won face these issues. If my temp on Monday was 85.6 to begin with and it's now 77F I've dropped a couple notches. So if I set the water @65.5 I'm sure the water would remain within that range. It is something I will have to find out when my res is due for a change within this week. For now ill keep an eye for any defects in my 1 root per plant system lol. (I have not rooted yet). I'll also begin making Ph. Adjusted ice cubes and adding them into my gallon during the time my lights are off. I'm also adding 4 droplets of tarantula for each gallon today. Yes I have plenty of bubbles my pump holds 45 liters. However this morning I was forced to use a smaller air pump separately for 2 gallons considering the air pump only hold a max 45 liters and your questions help me realize I'm beyond max capacity for the pump lol. Thanks

im4satori said:

that seems sound
ive never done it and I don't know exactly what % calcium hypo. is in your formula
but I would consider it if I required the use of a sterilizer

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Its a chemical in the pool shock its nothing you have to add.

Steve Man said:

Its a chemical in the pool shock its nothing you have to add.

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ummm
your adding pool shock to your mixed nute solution ah

not sure I understand what your aiming at?

im4satori said:

ummm
your adding pool shock to your mixed nute solution ah

not sure I understand what your aiming at?

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I wasn't sure what he meant. I couldn't find information online either

I would need to do an experiment with a throw away plant to verify the amount before using it

plus you have to consider the possibility of toxic build up of chloride depending on the half life

im4satori said:

ummm
your adding pool shock to your mixed nute solution ah

not sure I understand what your aiming at?

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pool shock doesnt harm the plant and kills everything in the entire system bacteria good and bad, also organics. If you dont run a chiller than having a clean system is the next best thing other than bennies.

Steve Man said:

pool shock doesnt harm the plant and kills everything in the entire system bacteria good and bad, also organics. If you dont run a chiller than having a clean system is the next best thing other than bennies.

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yes, I understand that
thank you

I added 2 droplets of tarantula per each gallon. Then Mixed 1mL of tarantula in a 12oz. Ph. Adjusted Self made nutrient recipe that has proven to increase my growth these past 2 days alone. Concluded with a top feed of 8mL of this mixture per plant.

MaloMAL said:

I added 2 droplets of tarantula per each gallon. Then Mixed 1mL of tarantula in a 12oz. Ph. Adjusted Self made nutrient recipe that has proven to increase my growth these past 2 days alone. Concluded with a top feed of 8mL of this mixture per plant.

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top feed?

Yes I would and do top feed with tarantula to inoculate roots, gotta say though I still think your fighting a battle you won't win with the temps your running but good luck. With the size of buckets you are running even a cheap used water cooler with water slowly recirculating through chilled res would help I think, I am building a small chiller using one to test .